Convertible chair and cot



2 Sheets'-Sheet 1.

H C T A H H CONVERTIBLE CHAIR AND GOT.

Patented July 5, 1881.

(ModeL) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

E. HATCH. CONVERTIBLE CHAIR AND GOT. N0. 243,775. I atented July 5, I881.

' ,Fy. a

N. PETERS. Mmmm har. Wuhingmn. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HATCH, OF OHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR AND COT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,775, dated July 5, 1881. Application filed July 19, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD HATCH, of Oharlestown, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Convertible Camp- Ohair and Cot or Lounge, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to constructa combined cam p-chair and cot or lounge in such a manner that the chair may be readily and easily converted into a cot or lounge, when desirable, and as easily reconverted into a chair.

The invention consists of a main frame supported upon suitable folding cross pieces or legs provided with braces and two sliding frames so arranged and connected with the main frame as to admit of their being slid or moved together to form a chair or settee, and of being drawn apart to form a cot or lounge, thus combining two articles of furniturein one. The chair may be still further folded, so as to occupy but little space for storage and transportation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurelrepresents a perspective view of my invention as extended to form a cot or lounge. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, represeutingit as closed to form a camp-chair or settee. Fig. 3 is an end view of my invention,showing it as folded together for storage or transportation. Fig. 4. is a modification of my invention, being a front elevation of a cot with the extension-frames drawn out at one side of the main frame. Fig. 5 represents an enlarged view of a portion of the main frame, showing the connection of the eyebolts or-staples and a section of the rod on which the eyebolt slides. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of my invention when in use as a chair.

A A represent theupper bars of the main frame, supported upon the crossed bars or legs B B, which are pivoted together at or near their centers. These bars B B are strengthened by the parallel cross-bars O O and the oblique bars D D, connected to the bars B B at suitable points.

F F F F represent the upper bars of two auxiliary frames, so arranged as to he slid together within the main frame A when used as a chair, and which can be easily and readily drawn out to form a cot or lounge, as shown in Fig. 1. The sliding arrangement is composed of eyebolts or staples a, attached to the inner ends of the bars F F and sliding upon rods L M, secured to the main frame, as seen in Figs. 1,5, and 6, both sides, front, and back being provided with similar rods and eyebolts.

O is a back to the chair, and is hinged to the bars P P, which are attached to the main frame. The said bars P P pass through staples or loops 1), Fig. 6, secured to the rear of the bar A of the main frame, the -lower ends of said bars being hinged or pivoted to the lower bar, 0, of the main frame, or they may be connected to the legs B B.

To the bars F F of one of the side frames are hinged the bars F F, which can be raised to form a head-rest, and are supported, when opened, by the short iron rods or books ff, or by other suitable device when the article is used as a lounge or cot. The outer ends of the bars F F are connected by a rod, I, which is hinged to one bar andmade to hook into an eye or staple on the other bar, and when not in use is folded down at the side of the frame and serves to hold the head-rest in place when the chair is folded. The outer ends of the bars F F are supported upon the cross-bars G G, which latter are prevented from spreading apart too far by means of a folding rod, H, or by'a chain, as shown in Fig. 6.

Instead of having the auxiliary frames F F extend out from opposite sides of the main frame A A, they may be arranged to slide out from one side only of the main frame, as shown in Fig. 4.

It is to be understood that the several frames are to be covered with canvas or other suitable material, as partially shown at K in one of the side frames.

When the cot or lounge is formed by drawing out the auxiliary frames from one side only ofthe main frame the bars forming the headrest are to behinged to the main frame.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination of thebars A A, the pivoted legs or supports B B, the frames F F F F, provided with eyebolts or staples a, sliding on rods L, the supports G Gr, the hinged bars P P, and back 0, all so constructed and arranged as to constitute a convertible camp chair and cot or lounge, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVitnesses: EDWARD HATCH.

J. H. ADAMS, Enw. S. COBB. 

